Recognised as Colour

#9DA23E

#9DA23E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#9DA23E is a yellow with RGB values 157, 162, 62 and HSL 63°, 45%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#9DA23E

RGBrgb(157, 162, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.6353, 0.2431

RGB percentages61.6%, 63.5%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(63, 44.6%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63, 61.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 61.7%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,330,686

CSS custom property--colour: #9DA23E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.67:1

Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#625DC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AE9B32no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9E44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A7998Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.2 Khaki · ΔE 27.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#433EA2

Analogous#A2753E, #6BA23E

Triadic#3E9DA2, #A23E9D

Split complementary#3E6BA2, #753EA2

Tetradic#3EA275, #433EA2, #A23E6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E6E8C4

Lighter +30%#D7DA9F

Lighter +20%#C8CC7A

Lighter +10%#B9BE55

Darker −10%#797D30

Darker −20%#565822

Darker −30%#323314

Darker −40%#0E0E06

More saturated +25%#B6BE22

Less saturated −25%#84865A

Channel breakdown

R157

G162

B62

Red157 (61.6%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue63°

Saturation (HSL)44.64%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9D · G A2 · B 3E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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